Weekend Poll: Do you change boot animations?

Rooting a device opens a world of possibilities for customizing an Android device. Custom ROMs and root apps are just the beginning of rooting awesomeness. A very fun part of owning a rooted device can also be having the ability to change the boot animation, but this is simply a feature I have never really taken advantage of.

I am much more of a functionality-oriented user. So when I root it is usually to take advantage of root apps, install custom ROMs and over- and under-clocking the processor. I simply find no reason to change a boot animation that I will not be seeing often.

Most of us don’t wait around for a device to boot. I usually turn it on and set it aside until it is ready to be used, and that is the few times I actually restart the device (which is rare). I understand that it is fun, though. These tricks are part of the reason why Android is such an amazing platform; you can truly make a device one-of-a-kind.

I changed my boot animations a few times in the past, but it was only to test it out. After seeing some of the new options, though, it seems I might just start trying it out. Sites like AndroidBootAnimation.com offer a significant variety of options. From custom boot animations featuring popular shows and nifty videos to official manufacturer boot animations for some of the most popular devices out there.

Some of these animations are now available with 720p resolutions – for those that have smartphones with HD displays. So why not get a bit flashy?

I will continue to keep my boot animation stock for the sake of saving myself a few minutes. I don’t find it rewarding enough to go through all the steps. But I would like to know how many of you like having fun with this! Am I just boring in this department, or do many of you feel the same way?

The 2 (at this point) people that answered “Boot Aniwhat?” You should probably just get off this site.

DarrenR

Also I have one of the kitchen boot animations, when I dont have the animation disabled.

JohnPietrzak

I have always wanted to used the decepticon logo being assembled with glowing red eyes and the transformer noise playing. Never seen anything like it. Would love it.

https://plus.google.com/108596272537415356460/posts Jason Farrell

It’s not that hard to make a bootanimation. The hard part, as always, is the initial creativity to produce something.

JevyJav

I only change it when im using some custom roms like AOKP and even then when i do change it its usually back to the stock nexus animation

jjrudey

The Jelly Bean one is good enough. So no.

ntegrit

Stock, so no. The point is, though, that I wouldn’t even if I could, because the GNex ICS animation is so bootiful!

ericl5112

I find changing roms (which I don’t do as often as I used to) gives me enough variety. That said, some roms can just be fugly, and need to be changed.

cory

Just plain galaxy nexus boot for me

Anthony Ngo

I always change my boot animation back to stock JB if the ROM / kernel comes with something else.

camelsnot

How many times do you actually NEED to reboot in a day? None. Constantly changing boot screens just so you can stare at them in amazement either means you have no friends or you are a douche. True story.

No_Nickname90

Are you serious? It’s just an extra fun feature. I changed my boot animation and even added sound. I was the coolest person on the block. Showed just how truly you can customize Android.

Oh, and apps like AdAway needed a reboot when they changed the Host Files. And what about those battery pulls I needed to do like about once every week or so?

Barry Ray

persist.sys.nobootanimation=1

No_Nickname90

My E4GT boots in 10 seconds, so I had this count down from 10 seconds before. And I had the song “The Final Countdown” playing. LoL!!

But lately, on ICS, I haven’t been able to find a ROM that supports boot sound. =.[
So I haven’t changed the boot animation.

I’ve done this plenty on Gingerbread, though. And the steps aren’t hard. You just move the files to the right folder. LoL!!

Now making your own boot animation, that’s a different story. But now I’m going to go start looking for some boot animations for my Nexus 7. LoL!!

https://plus.google.com/108596272537415356460/posts Jason Farrell

Edgar, it doesn’t take a “few minutes” to change your bootanimation; it only takes a few seconds, as long as you use a ClockWorkMod / TWRP flashable version to make it easy to install right after installing your ROM & gapps. (And if using TWRP instead ye olde CWM, you can queue up ROM + gapps + OC kernel + bootanimation all at once and it’ll flash them in order)

iwave

It’s even simpler than that with a tool like Android Commander or QTADB. Just drag & drop.

Andr3ww

I usually flash boot animations just to go back to the stock jelly bean one.

http://iron2000.blogspot.com/ iron2000

I don’t see the bootscreen often as I don’t reboot often so I don’t care about it.
Well, unless changing it allows the phone to boot faster :P

Michael Vergara

ROOTING scares me. Im afraid to screw up

Dudditz09

Honestly never seen much point in changing the boot animation

Frankie Abaddon

Change if it was possible I wish a phone would boot up at the press of a button. For obvious reasons this is never possible. Would be awesome thou gotta admit. I actually would like to see it reduced the time it takes to boot. So in short never what ever the Rom Devs puts on it is what I have. Its why I love Ubuntu so much boot times have decreased a whole lot since its first release to the wild. Not happy at all with unity but maybe because its new I don’t adapt to change well when the old Ubuntu worked for me. I’m a if it ain’t broke don’t fix it kind of person.

Zzzywu

4.1,all day galaxy nexus

Michael Thompson

No.
I hyper-customized in the Palm days and got tired of keeping track and re-doing stuff that I customized.
Now I just do stuff with the things I have with less emphasis on doing stuff to them.

Aslan Bollin

yes, yes I do. I love My Cobra Logo boot animation and one day Ill stop being lazy, pull the loop and actually finish it. lmmfao

Sai

I changed it to a one x style animation. Not very cool, but it adds to the feel of control over the phone…. And makes waiting for it to boot a little bit nicer

Sondrek17

I did not know that you could do that! This is why Iove android, always something new!

http://twitter.com/slayerpsp S.Rambo

I dont change mine but all the roms i use have different boot screens so yes and no i guess

JeremieCote

I used to have a boot animation of the android mascot pissing in the apple logo when I had a Desire HD

Mike Yost

I chose Yes, but usually I just remove the Boot Animation to speed up my boot times. No need for the extra eye candy when you are already running Jelly Bean.

donovan shore

try logcat

RitishOemraw

Disliked the ICS boot animation, but Jelly Bean came and fixed that for me.

superuser1

Not really

iwave

I’m not a big fan of themes, generally, but I always put a custom boot animation on after flashing a rom, and I’ve also flashed a custom splash screen.